31 Melon Pickers



	Immigrants Indigenous Farm Workers of Lamont and Taft 31 Melon Pickers Previous Picture < > Next Picture Return to Taft Worker Gallery
		31 Melon Pickers Migrant indigenous Mixtec farm workers from Oaxaca pick Korean melons. Almost everyone in this crew comes from the Oaxacan town of San Pablo Tijaltepec. Jose Guadalupe Silva is the son of Prisciliano Silva, the leader of the Mixtec community in Taft.

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